Medford Free Public Library
Medford, United States
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Built in 1916 in Medford, Wisconsin, this Carnegie library represents architect Hans Theodore Liebert's interpretation of the Prairie School style. Constructed of brick by builder H. A. Giles, the building exemplifies the movement's hallmark horizontal emphasis through its hip roof, stucco surfaces, and abstract geometric patterns in the frieze. The library was the fruit of a 1913 application to the Carnegie Foundation, with the city committing $600 annually in operating funds to match a $6,000 construction grant. It opened to the public on February 22, 1917, with an initial collection of 2,221 books, succeeding earlier reading rooms housed in Temperance Hall since 1903. The building served the community's library needs until 1998, when a new Frances L. Simek Memorial Library was constructed and the collection relocated. The original 1916 structure now houses the local Chamber of Commerce.
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Movement
- Built
- Type
- public library, Carnegie library
- Materials
- brick
- Heritage
- listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Medford, United States
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